Moccasin-slipper



J. K. McQUINN. MOCCASIN SLIPPER. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.6,I-921.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KENNETH MGQUINN, OF BROCK'ION, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOCCASIN-SLIPPER.

Application filed January 6, 1921.

To all to from it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Knxnnrri Mo- QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Broclrton, in the county of Plymouth State of nI........c iusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Moccasin-Slippers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a slipper of the moccasin type, the sole and portions of the upper of which are formed from a single blank of flexible leather, or other suitable material.

The invention relates particularly to the heel portion of a slipper of this type, and has for its object to provide a moccasin slipper the heel portion of which presents a smooth internal surface, free from liability to chafe and wear the heel portion of the wearers stocking.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view of a slipper embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking toward the heel end, a portion of the binding shown by Fig. 1 being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is an enlargement of a portion of Fig. 3.

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank from which the sole and portions of the upper are formed.

Fig. 6 is av plan view of the blank from which the stay piece hereinafter described is formed.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the top piece of the fore part of the upper is formed.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The sole 12 and the portions 13 and 1a of the upper of my improved slipper are formed from a blank 15, shaped as shown by Fig. 5, the form of the blank being such that the operations of forming the seams hereinafter described causes the portions 13 and 14: to stand upward from the sole portion, the portions 13 forming the major parts of the quarters, and the portlon 14 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Serial No. 435,511.

forming the lower portion of the fore partof the upper.

The rear end of the blank 15 has a curved central edge 16, and two narrow slrived flaps 17, spaced apart by the central edge. In the completed slipper the curved edge 16 is raised above the sole and extends across the median line of the slipper in a plane substantially or approximately parallel with the heel portion of the sole. In the completed slipper the skived flaps 17 are at opposite sides of the median line, and substantially perpendicular to the sole. In the flat blank the curved edge 16 projects outward considerably farther than the skived flaps 1.7 as shown by Fig. 5.

The slipper includes a stay piece 20, which constitutes the or portion of the heel end of the upper, and extends across the median line. Said stay piece is formed from the blank shown by Fig. 6, said blank having a lower edge 21 and two end edges 22.

In assembling the blanks I first overlap one of the edges 22 upon the outer side of one of the slrived flaps 17, and unite said parts by stitches 23, which may be machinemade. I then overlap the other edge 22 upon the outer side of the other skived flap l7, and unite said parts by other stitches 23. In this manner two upright seams are formed at opposite sides of the median line of the slipper, said seams being perpendicular to the sole. I next draw the curved edge 16 upward, as indicated by Fig. 3, abut against it the lower edge 21 of the stay piece 20, and unite said edges by stitches 25, preferably hand made, thus forming a butted seam which is substantially parallel with the heel portion of the sole, and extends across the median line.

As shown by Fig. l, the inner surfaces of the skived flaps 17 merge into the inner surface of the stay piece 20, and form therewith a smooth internal surface portion, adapted to contact with the stocking of the wearer, withput chafng or wearing the stocking, the median line of the stocking heel bearing on the smooth uninterrupted internal surface of the stay piece.

As shown by Fig. 3, the butted seam at the lower end of the stay piece is relatively near the sole, and projects outward, and not inward, so that it does not form a stock ing-wearing protuberance. After the described seam-forming operations have been performed, the partially formed slipper is placed on a last, and a top piece 18 is suitably stitched to the portion 14 of the upper, as usual in moccasin construction.

A binding 26 maybe suitably secured to the upper edges of the portions 13, the stay piece 20, and the top piece 18, said binding being shown as partially broken away in Figs. 2 and 3. 7

An outer sole may be attached to the sole 12 if desired, in which case 12 will be an inner sole.

I claim:

A slipper of the character stated, comprising a sole and portions of an upper, formed in a single piece, which is provided at one end with a central curved edge, and with narrow skivedflaps' at opposite ends of said central edge, and a stay piece forming V the major part of the heel portion of the upper and having a lower edge stitched to said central edge to form a butted seam substantially parallel with the sole, and two end edges overlapping and stitched to said skived flaps, to form spaced apart upright piece and formingtherewith a smooth internal surface portion for contact with the heel portion of the wearers stocking.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JOHN KENNETH MOQUINN. 

